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The “Wow” now

IN 1977, THE BIG EAR radio telescope at Ohio State University recorded the so-called Wow signal. It was the best candidate for an interstellar radio signal found during the university’s seven-year search for extraterrestrial intelligence (ETI). It’s also one of the best ever reported and the most well known.

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